tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.comments2023-04-02T07:10:05.402+01:00Magpie MothMagpie Mothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09274196005953926877noreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-61182304882915177982022-09-04T22:21:34.272+01:002022-09-04T22:21:34.272+01:00Apologies - I accidentally deleted a nice comment ...Apologies - I accidentally deleted a nice comment from someone on this post. If that's you - sorry once again!Magpie Mothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274196005953926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-75244663601958954722022-09-04T22:14:52.304+01:002022-09-04T22:14:52.304+01:00David Baddiel - Jews Don't Count
Michael Cox -...David Baddiel - Jews Don't Count<br />Michael Cox - The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines<br />Tom Holland - Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic<br />Dan Jones - Crusaders: The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands<br />Charles Stross - The Bloodline Feud; Quantum of NightmaresMagpie Mothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274196005953926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-32313200172869277882022-09-04T22:00:26.841+01:002022-09-04T22:00:26.841+01:00Thanks!Thanks!Magpie Mothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274196005953926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-52388433900480411082022-02-15T21:47:32.320+00:002022-02-15T21:47:32.320+00:00Actually, your review on Goya Dress' album is ...Actually, your review on Goya Dress' album is really well-written - especially considering you wrote this at 20-years old. And I think the ending box of luxury chocolates line works well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-35220645094415570572021-12-29T22:00:37.130+00:002021-12-29T22:00:37.130+00:00Second half of 2022 top reads
Michael Azerad - Ou...Second half of 2022 top reads<br /><br />Michael Azerad - Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes From The American Indie Underground 1981-1991<br />S A Chakraborty - The Kingdom Of Copper; The Empire Of Gold<br />Tracy Deonn - Legendborn<br />Rob Halford - Confess: The Autobiography<br />Tamsyn Muir - Harrow The Ninth<br />Rainbow Rowell - Wayward Son<br />DOROTHY SAYERS - GAUDY NIGHT<br />ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY - CAGE OF SOULS; Bear Head; Dogs Of War<br />Aiden Thomas - Cemetery Boys<br />Colson Whitehead - The Underground RailroadMagpie Mothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274196005953926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-65978824284322719612021-12-29T21:58:54.351+00:002021-12-29T21:58:54.351+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Magpie Mothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274196005953926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-21273747276451538602021-08-13T21:47:15.033+01:002021-08-13T21:47:15.033+01:00And now, reading recommendations from the first ha...And now, reading recommendations from the first half of 2021!<br /><br />Agatha Christie - Murder On The Orient Express<br />Namwali Serpell - The Old Drift<br />T Kingfisher - The Seventh Bride<br />Juliet E McKenna - The Green Man's Foe<br />Bob Mould - See A Little Light: The Trail Of Rage And Melody <br />Naomi Novik - A Deadly Education <br />J K Rowling - Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azbakhan<br />Ann & Jeff Vandermeer - The Weird: A Compendium Of Strange And Dark Stories<br />Francesca Wade - Square Haunting: Five Writers In London Between The Wars<br />Connie Willis - Doomsday BookMagpie Mothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274196005953926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-78172250127429203492020-12-30T22:50:09.849+00:002020-12-30T22:50:09.849+00:00And for the second half of 2020
Maya Angelou - I ...And for the second half of 2020<br /><br />Maya Angelou - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings<br />Jenny Colgan - Christmas At The Island Hotel<br />OMAR EL AKKAD - AMERICAN WAR<br />Jasper Fforde - The Constant Rabbit<br />CLIVE JAMES - CLIVE JAMES ON TELEVISION <br />Me - Elton John <br />Nick Kent - The Dark Stuff<br />Juliet E McKenna - The Green Man's Heir<br />SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA - MEXICAN GOTHIC<br />DAVID OLUSOGA - BLACK AND BRITISH: A FORGOTTEN HISTORY <br />Taylor Jenkins Read - The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo<br />Ursula Vernon - Digger<br />Magpie Mothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274196005953926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-64063513063605016962020-07-01T22:01:49.910+01:002020-07-01T22:01:49.910+01:00To save creating an additional post and messing up...To save creating an additional post and messing up the end of the blog, here's the reading recommendations from the first half of 2020. Classics in CAPS, for want of a bold function in these comments.<br /><br />Ben Aaronovitch - False Value<br />James Acaster - Perfect Sound Whatever<br />Zen Cho - Sorceror To The Crown<br />William Gibson - The Peripheral<br />Alix E Harrow - The Ten Thousand Doors of January<br />T Kingfisher - The Paladin's Grace<br />Elmore Leonard - Raylan<br />Elmore Leonard - Riding The Rap<br />Mhairi McFarlane - If I Never Met You<br />Maureen F McHugh - China Mountain Zhang<br />Arkady Martine - A Memory Called Empire<br />Susan Orlean - The Library Book<br />Pete Paphides - Broken Greek<br />GEOFF RYMAN - 253<br />Charles Stross - The Delirium BriefMagpie Mothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274196005953926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-86478954937063233182019-11-21T10:59:40.449+00:002019-11-21T10:59:40.449+00:00VERY CUTE :-) WHAT DOES IT MEAN.. SYMBOL BY SIMBOL...VERY CUTE :-) WHAT DOES IT MEAN.. SYMBOL BY SIMBOL PLEASE..ACRONYM?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10668439453794153135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-81091436198902081782019-03-05T21:10:22.491+00:002019-03-05T21:10:22.491+00:00Apologies for the delayed publication of the comme...Apologies for the delayed publication of the comment - pure oversight! <br /><br />My general approach is to let civil remarks through and to assume a reasonable conversation is possible unless proven otherwise. <br /><br />I don't have it in for Terrorizer - it's been very useful over the years in signposting me towards a lot of bands as a latecomer to metal.<br /><br />What this article was trying to do was to hold them to a better standard of music journalism than seemed on display at the time.<br /><br />You think that an artist's music can be completely separated from their beliefs and/or actions. I respectfully disagree and think in particular music journalism or criticism can and should explore this broader context.Magpie Mothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274196005953926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-26513050991249940682018-09-25T12:28:34.512+01:002018-09-25T12:28:34.512+01:00Sounds like you have it out for terrorizer and nit...Sounds like you have it out for terrorizer and nitpicking. What difference does it make that they leave racism out? It doesn't change the music.....people can discover that fact out pretty easily on their own by just viewing vargs youtube channel. I feel that you can like an artists music apart from the creator. I enjoyed Michael Jackson music but could careless about him personally.....if Vargs lyrics offend listeners.....don't listen, easy. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01999736955511611067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-16434238537478299742018-02-03T14:27:34.526+00:002018-02-03T14:27:34.526+00:00Nice post. Always a pleasure to hear how someone&...Nice post. Always a pleasure to hear how someone's musical obsessions manifest, especially when they coincide with one's own.<br /><br />I jumped on the Gorky's wagon around the release of 'Bwyd Time' after reading an NME review of 'Miss Trudy'. Being a big fan of Syd Barrett at the time, anything that looked or sounded even vaguely like it was created using a truckful of psychedelic drugs intrigued me. As soon as I heard it, I was hooked, and followed them until the end, seeing them live numerous times. I always prefered the earlier pastoral psychedelia of Tatay, Bwyd Time and Barafundle, but they continued to produce great music right up until the end. A wonderful, unique band.<br /><br />Euros Childs is still making great music to this day.Herodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08835367119229469180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-70602544202364291912018-01-12T23:07:59.239+00:002018-01-12T23:07:59.239+00:00I've only seen 1. Loved Baby Driver from your ...I've only seen 1. Loved Baby Driver from your honourable mentions list. DeathOwlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350013881070933660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-36624428050579166202017-12-29T12:21:52.157+00:002017-12-29T12:21:52.157+00:00I've only seen two out of your top 5!I've only seen two out of your top 5! Stephanhttp://storyfactory.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-85457026866598200212017-08-11T17:45:18.805+01:002017-08-11T17:45:18.805+01:00Christmas list:
Tim - Plush poo toy
...Christmas list:<br />Tim - Plush poo toy<br />...DeathOwlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350013881070933660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-35553913526963739442017-05-14T20:48:45.571+01:002017-05-14T20:48:45.571+01:00Just noting here that there is an exhaustive Wikip...Just noting here that there is an exhaustive Wikipedia article for Eurovision 1976, which was of course won by UK entry Save Your Kisses For Me from the Brotherhood Of Man.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1976Magpie Mothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274196005953926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-92021919726951614232017-01-02T21:27:23.082+00:002017-01-02T21:27:23.082+00:00I thought Stoker was odd but atmospheric - Oldboy ...I thought Stoker was odd but atmospheric - Oldboy too graphic for my taste. Will keep a look out for Handmaiden as I thought the Director was on to something with Stoker. :)Magpie Mothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274196005953926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-45500891437601875012016-12-31T11:26:44.559+00:002016-12-31T11:26:44.559+00:00Handmaiden is an adaptation of the fingersmith (I ...Handmaiden is an adaptation of the fingersmith (I think. Definitely a Sarah waters book) transposed to Japanese occupied Korea by the guy who did stoker (which I liked) and old boy (which I haven't seen but I liked some of his other Korean stuff) It's an incredibly intricate erotic thriller I guess. It goes a bit too over the top but is some excellent film making. Stoker is quite similar tone and genre wise if you saw that <br /><br />Three is a pretty straight forward Hong Kong crime drama/bottle episode set in a hospital . More of the same from Johnnie To and he's done a lot better but I enjoyed it. <br /><br />I think I only saw 16 2016 films though so the bottom end of my 10 aren't necessarily amazing Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459748759129881554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-65830413992278380042016-12-30T22:25:44.777+00:002016-12-30T22:25:44.777+00:00What are The Handmaiden and Three, genre-wise?What are The Handmaiden and Three, genre-wise?Magpie Mothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274196005953926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-78557195145100868232016-12-30T22:19:47.096+00:002016-12-30T22:19:47.096+00:00Thanks Owen. I'd forgotten about The Girl With...Thanks Owen. I'd forgotten about The Girl With All The Gifts so need to revisit my top ten - oops!Magpie Mothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274196005953926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-48483941618596897022016-12-30T19:13:16.366+00:002016-12-30T19:13:16.366+00:001 The Nice Guys
2 mustang
3 hunt for the wilderpe...1 The Nice Guys<br />2 mustang <br />3 hunt for the wilderpeople <br />4 love and friendship<br />5 the girl with all the gifts<br />6 adult life skills<br />7 the hand maiden <br />8 kubo and the two strings<br />9 three<br />10 zootopia<br /><br />Although I'm working from my letterboxd list and I haven't added Rogue one yet and it might edge into the bottom half of the ten <br /><br />Handmaiden and three weren't officially out over here. Hail Caesar probably the disappointment. Loads of stuff I 'got' about the topic and I should be the target audience, they'd done their research but it ended feeling like the story hadn't kicked in at allOwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459748759129881554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-2363739496402254752016-12-30T18:00:47.680+00:002016-12-30T18:00:47.680+00:00I think you liked Hail Caesar more than I did. But...I think you liked Hail Caesar more than I did. But High Rise and The Nice Guys are def on our to-watch list.Magpie Mothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274196005953926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-74425975386365488302016-12-30T17:56:19.304+00:002016-12-30T17:56:19.304+00:00Thanks Stephan!Thanks Stephan!Magpie Mothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274196005953926877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6349060895364969444.post-92126438700092076052016-12-30T11:40:09.884+00:002016-12-30T11:40:09.884+00:00Here's mine (* indicates franchise):
1) The Ni...Here's mine (* indicates franchise):<br />1) The Nice Guys<br />2) High Rise<br />3) Sing Street<br />4) 10 Cloverfield Lane *<br />5) Rogue One *<br />6) Hail Caesar<br />7) Doctor Strange *<br />8) Fantastic Beasts *<br />9) Ghostbusters *<br />10) The WitchStephanhttp://stephan.londonnoreply@blogger.com